“We continue on a daily basis very successfully to degrade Iran’s ability to target ships.”
“We did a pause to try to get an agreement with the Iranian people to allow oil to flow without them attacking it.”
“One of the mistakes which some political analysts make is to think that their enemies should be our enemies.”
“The only reason why the U.S. is conducting strikes is against assets of Iran that are being used to attack global commercial shipping.”
“We cannot afford to leave Tennessee behind.”

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On the recordFebruary 3, 2009
Mr. Chairman, the particular law that was cited does have some parameters in terms of the number of personnel that are added to extend the size of the bases.
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Sanford Bishop
Democratic · Georgia
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Discussing legal parameters for base expansion related to personnel increases.

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